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Google Acquires Drone Maker Titan Aerospace

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Two examples: this year, Facebook acquired virtual reality firm Oculus in an effort to develop new communication lines, and Google purchased DeepMind, pushing into the artificial intelligence sphere. Big Data CTO DoD and IC Amazon.com Artificial intelligence Earth Facebook Google Internet access New Mexico Wall Street Journal'

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Will a “Google PhD” become as good as a university-granted PhD?

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It is fair to acknowledge that there are definitely trade-offs for the autodidactic path compared with the academic route, over and above the socially-recognized qualification, but these may not matter much to many people. But “Google PhDs” will in some cases be as good, if they result in an equivalent level of expertise.

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Twitter’s decentralized social network project takes a baby step forward

The Verge

Bluesky, Twitter’s decentralized social networking effort, has announced its first major update since 2019. The review follows Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discussing Bluesky earlier this month, when he called it a “standard for the public conversation layer of the internet.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

The Verge

The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social media and all the ills that entail.

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What wearing Apple’s Vision Pro headset does to our brains

Vox

The tech world got very fired up in 2013 when Google released a video of a wild concept. The gadget that would make all this possible was called Google Glass, a $1,500 device you wore like glasses , with a tiny display placed in front of one eye and a camera that could see (and record) everything you could see. We are not ready.

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Google says it’s committed to ethical AI research. Its ethical AI team isn’t so sure.

Vox

Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google’s ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval. But some current members of Google’s tightly knit ethical AI group told Recode the reality is different from the one Google executives are publicly presenting.

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Top Technology News Ticker for 6 June 2016

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After acquisition by Google, Nest got "virtually unlimited budget", quadrupled employees, had no new products, caused constant bad PR, and may be for sale now (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica). Hackers claim hijack of Mark Zuckerberg's social-networking accounts - CNET. Durex takes couples' phones away, enjoys wild viral hit - CNET.

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